That Neighbor of Mine (BxB)

Kabanata 2

Kelly

During the week of the sports fest, we just went to school to enjoy those stress free days. Bawal kasing hindi kami pupunta. We went to a lot of booths and also we watch games of different sports.

Sobrang nag-enjoy naman kami.

Ngayon ay Biyernes. Last day ng sports day. Kasalukuyan naming binabaybay ang daan papuntang basketball gym. May laro ang boys ngayon. Last game nila at kapag manalo sila, they will be the champion for this year sports.

Frankly, magaling talaga silang manlalaro. This school's have so many athletics students. Kasali doon si Francis na crush ko tsaka ang kaibigan namin.

The hot weather didn't bother the students to watch games. Sobrang daming mga estudyante na pumipila para makanuod ng game. Students from different universities.

Last game na 'to sa araw na ito. Tapos na ang lahat ng laro except from this. In swimming, as expected, si Francis ang nanalo. No doubt. Sobrang bihasa niya sa larangan na 'yon.

"Hays, ang init. Daming nanunuod." reklamo ni Elise nang makapasok na kami.

The gymnasium filled with different noises. People cheering, murmuring and etc. The boys reserve a seat for us at doon pa malapit sa bench nila. I hate sitting in that low area, baka kasi matamaan ng bola. I am once hit by a basketball way back when I was in grade nine.

We sat on the same area kasi. Dito rin ako natamaan nun. The ball literally hit my face, specifically my nose hence I got a nosebleed. Enough reminiscing, the game is about to start.

The announcer started to talk moments later. In-umpisahan sa National Anthem. Then, the game started. Kalaban ng school namin ngayon ang isang sikat rin na school sa Cebu. Cebu Technological University or CTU.

As far as I have known, magaling din daw silang manlalaro. I couldn't say though dahil hindi ko pa sila nakitang maglaro.

The game started with jump ball at sa kupunan nila Zeus napunta ang bola. Everyone went wild. In the first quarter, lamang ang kupunan namin. Sa pangalawang quarter naman ay medyo nakalamang ang taga-CTU but when third quarter came, the game started to heat up.

Kita sa mga mukha ng players ang seryoso at determinado. They are already soaking wet. Sweats from their hair streaming down on their faces.

Zeus always tried to shoot from three points zone and luckily, the ball went in. Kaya ang kinalabasan, lamang na naman sila sa third quarter.

Ang mga nanunuod ay sobrang ingay na. The game was getting more intense sa last quarter. Kita ang kaba sa mga mukha ng mga nanunuod. Even us ay kinabahan. Hell, the CTU was so serious now na nahihirapan ang kupunan namin na maka-score.

The score was 78 and 83. Lamang kami kahit papaano but the other team was slowly chasing the score. The captain from other team shoot two three points kaya lamang na sila ng isa.

Zeus tried too but failed. Malapit na ang oras. Magkahawak kamay na kaming nanunuod at pinagpawisan na rin. Shit!

Henry manage to steal the ball from other team at shinoot. Lamang na kami. Last thirty seconds left bago matapos ang laro. The captain from the other team manage to shoot three points again. Shit.

There is only 10 seconds left. Daryl pass the ball to Zeus and he ran so fast to the opposite ring and shoot from the three points line and boom. Panalo sila.

We stood up and shouted. Shit naipanalo pa nila. That was so close. Zeus and the two boys look at our side and smiled arrogantly. Nakakapanibago talaga kapag ngumingiti si Zeus.